"All they care about is making money and the consequences of crimes, such as drug dealing and human trafficking, are irrelevant to them. The following list of gangs was published in the Glasgow Evening Times in February 2006 as identified by Strathclyde Police with the accompanying map.. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact IPSO here, By The Brigton Billy Boys were the biggest and most powerful gang in Glasgow during the 1920s and 1930s. The official website for BBC History Magazine, BBC History Revealed and BBC World Histories Magazine, Series five of Peaky Blinders sees Tommy Shelby and his Birmingham clan clashing with a Glasgow gang known as the ‘Billy Boys’ – and gang chief Billy Fullerton is the inspiration for one of the next villains in the drama. He added: "Organised crime is present in every community in Glasgow. Fullerton also played the newspapers and was fond of giving interviews that portrayed himself as a local celebrity, someone who had left behind the world of the gangs and ‘gone straight’. There seems to be a problem, please try again. Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. "I understand the temptation is there, and that's what makes these groups money. "Those cigarettes are harmful and are being shipped into this country by organised crime groups. Mr Gunn also revealed how criminals involved in serious crimes, including drug dealing, are being targeted for more minor offences, such as noise nuisance and motoring offences. The city was divided into North Glasgow, South Glasgow and East Glasgow. Many stayed active in the gang into their twenties and thirties. The Billy Boys even acted as stewards at Unionist (Conservative) election meetings in Glasgow’s East End, until a Daily Mirror headline – “GANGSTERS” AS TORY STEWARDS – so embarrassed Unionist leaders that they turned instead to Glasgow University’s rugby club. But Mr Gunn told how underworld groups will also prey on the vulnerable in Glasgow's communities to make quick cash. Thank you for subscribing to HistoryExtra, you now have unlimited access. They in turn took their orders from Billy Fullerton, the gang’s ‘chief’. Our best wishes for a productive day. During the 1930s, when the Billies numbered closer to 500, their fiercest opponents were the Kent Star and the San Toy from the adjacent district of the Calton. The Norman Conks (Conquerors, from Norman Street in Dalmarnock) were another long-standing adversary, targeting Billy Boys in tit-for-tat stabbings and occasional razor-slashings in seemingly endless cycles of reprisal. Between 2017-18 and 2018-19: Crimes recorded by the police in Scotland increased by 1% from 244,504 to 246,480. The most famous of these was the Billy Boys, a Protestant street gang from the East End of Glasgow. "We are reliant on information coming from the public and that's why we have such a commitment to community policing in Glasgow. Police target 900 Glasgow gangsters: 48 active gangs identified operating across city. Drugs, including heroin and cannabis, are the primary source of income but many of the gang maximise their earnings by being "multi-commodity". They took their name from the Dutch Protestant monarch William of Orange (‘King Billy’), whose victory at the battle of the Boyne in 1690 had secured Protestant rule in England and Scotland, as well as Ireland. Detectives rank the gangs in terms of the threat, risk and harm they pose to communities, in a bid to prevent serious and organised crime from infiltrating people's lives. The two football teams in Glasgow – Rangers and Celtic – are famously Protestant and Catholic respectively. 9 big questions about the conspiracy to blow up parliament, Princess Diana: a “modern” mother who ripped up the rule book, The rise of the Great British ‘bobby’: a brief history of Britain’s police service. Most joined in their late teens. Read more about the real history of the Peaky Blinders here. "There is absolutely no conscious involved in what do, they don't care about the risk or harm to other people. Mr Gunn said: "The money made from serious and organised crime funds their lifestyle, their status and enhances their reputation. However, police arrested 572 suspected gangsters, over the past year, in a series of blows to the city's underworld. Series five of Peaky Blinders returns to screens on Sunday 25 August, on BBC One at 9pm. "And in all of those communities, there are different issues which need to be tackled.". "Our job is to put a stop to this and use our gathered intelligence to stop the spread of criminal networks in Glasgow.". Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. The Mafia-style network of underworld gangs, which often work together, deal in everything from drugs and human trafficking to taxi firms and tanning salons. Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. The Billy Boys’ funds came from a variety of sources. They took their name from the Dutch Protestant monarch William of Orange (‘King Billy’), whose victory at the battle of the Boyne in 1690 had secured Protestant rule in England and Scotland, as well as Ireland. And the mafia hoods have infiltrated all communities across Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, and East Dunbartonshire, with the gangs touching every city, town and village.
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